UK gov't: Earth will only have 12-hour warning to deal with massive Sun explosion

UK gov’t: Earth will only have 12-hour warning to deal with massive Sun explosion

Posted date: July 29, 2015in: NewsNo Comments

“It sounds like a scene from a disaster movie – mass power failures, plane crashes, satellite disruptions, and train derailments. These are some of the threats modern society would face in the case of a massive solar storm, according to a new document released by the U.K. Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.

The “Space Weather Preparedness Strategy” outlines the disturbances that could be caused by unpredictable solar weather. The most striking find from the report is the fact that a country would have only a 12-hour warning period before the storm would hit the planet….

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